Cyrus Edson

1820 - 1856  (35 years)

• Name	Cyrus Edson  [1]
  Birth	14 Oct 1820	Chester, Windsor, Vermont   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 May 1856	Albany, Albany, New York   [2]
  Person ID	I43740	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Ophir Edson,   b. 21 Apr 1790, Tomlinson, Vermont d. 25 Feb 1879, Chester, Windsor, Vermont (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Soviah Williams,   b. 17 Apr 1792, Chester, Windsor, Vermont d. 19 Apr 1875, Chester, Windsor, Vermont (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	26 Dec 1816	Chester, Windsor, Vermont   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F25558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Davidson Nelson,   b. 16 Jan 1825, Albany, Albany, New York d. 7 Mar 1905, New York, New York (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	22 Oct 1846	Troy, Rensselaer, New York   [2]
  Children	+ 1. John Tracy Edson,   b. 15 Feb 1850, Albany, Albany, New York d. 1927, Staten Island, New York, New York (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F25556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He was a distiller, and was killed by an explosion in his distillery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5287] The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower by Gary Boyd Roberts. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020. [S8684] Edson Family History and Genealogy by Carroll Andrew Edson. 2 volumes. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1969. [S8686] Descendants of Roger Williams, Book IV: Through His Son Joseph Williams by Elsie Bushnell Williams. Roger Williams Family Association, 2009., date only.